The bonding of an enzyme to its substrate forms an enzyme-substrate complex. The catalytic action of the enzyme converts its substrate into the product or products of the reaction. Each reaction is extremely specific‚ distinguishing between closely related compounds‚ including isomers. For example‚ the enzyme sucrase will only act on sucrose and will not bind to any other disaccharide. The molecular recognition of enzymes is due to the fact that they are proteins‚ which are defined as being macromolecules
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Six Factors Affecting the Performance of an Enzyme Enzymes are considered catalysts; substances that increase the rates of reactions. Enzymes are responsible for thousands of metabolic processes that involve the sustainment of life‚ one common one is simple food digestion. Without enzymes‚ digestion would occur too slowly for life to continue. Enzymes maintain a protein structure consisting of one or possibly more than one polypeptide chains of defined primary structure‚ and take up a characteristic
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Introduction Enzymes are catalysts which speed up a reaction by providing an alternative reaction pathway of lower activation energy. But they do not undergo permanent changes and so they remain unchanged even at the end of the reaction. Many enzymes consist of proteins and non-proteins called the cofactor. The intra- and intermolecular bonds that hold proteins in their secondary and tertiary structures are disrupted by changes in temperature and pH. This affects shapes and so the catalytic activity of an
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The experimental results were different from the hypothesis because while the enzyme appeared to not work as well‚ I expected a more significant change. Most of the time‚ there was only a millimeter of difference of the foam between the two samples while I expected a greater difference such as 10 millimeters. Enzymes speed up chemical reactions and at the active site‚ a substrate can be broken down or two substrates can form a larger molecule. Hydrogen peroxide is broken down by peroxidase into water
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ACTIVITY 1.3 America’s Promise LEARNING STRATEGIES: Learning Targets Previewing‚ Marking the Text‚ Think-Pair-Share‚ SOAPSTone Before Reading 1. The Statue of Liberty has long been a welcoming figure to the millions of immigrants who have come to the United States of America. What feelings or thoughts do you think people might have when looking at the Statue of Liberty for the first time as a new arrival to this country? Source: “An ocean steamer passing the Statue of Liberty:
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The Effect of Increasing Temperatures on the Enzyme Catalase Enzymes are proteins that help speed up chemical reactions inside your body and without enzymes‚ chemicals reactions in cells would be incredibly slow to a point where no activity at all takes place (Brawo press Inc‚ 2017). Enzymes speed up the chemical reactions by lowering the activations energy and they do this by binding substrates together in the correct orientation to react (Ernest Z‚ 2014). They are vital for life and serve a
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Chemical Kinetics‚ A Clock Reaction Abstract The purpose for the experiment Chemical Kinetics‚ a clock reaction is to figure out the reaction rate of a solution regarding its concentration‚ temperature‚ and also determine the effects of when a catalyst is present. The experiment resulted that the concentration‚ as well as its temperature can affect the rate constant inversely the outcome of the rate constant. By conducting the experiment‚ it is also discovered that the rate order of the reaction
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Title: Kinetics: The Rate of a Chemical Reaction Objectives: 1. To study the kinetics of chemical reaction‚ 2 I- + S2 O82- I2 + 2 SO42- . 2. To study the effects of reactant concentration (persulphate‚ S2O82-‚ and iodide‚ I-) and temperature on the rate of chemical reactions. ( i) Study the effect of 0.20M (S2O82-) on the rate of chemical reaction. ( ii) Study the effect of 0.10M (S2O82-) on the rate of chemical reaction. ( iii) Study the effect
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Enzymes are biological catalysts that operate at the temperatures‚ pressures‚ and moderate pH values found in living organisms. They help in a faster chemical reaction in our human body. Besides this‚ enzymes also play a huge role in various industries. The following paragraphs will talk about how various enzymes are used in various industries : The Dairy Industry and Medical Industry. In the dairy industry‚ the enzyme Protease is used widely. While making cheese‚ protease helps coagulate milk
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Evaluation of antidiabetic and antimicrobial activity of jasminum grandiflorum leaves INTRODUTION 1.1. The pancreas and insulin formation The pancreas is an elongated organ situated next to the first part of the small intestine. It is both an endocrine gland that produces hormones‚ such as insulin and glucagon‚ and an exocrine gland producing digestive enzymes‚ such as trypsin and chymotrypsin (Martini‚ 2004). It is located behind the stomach‚ between the spleen and the duodenum (see Figure
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